Call for 'Revolution' Still Reverberating as Sanders, Clinton Head Neck and Neck Into Indiana

[pdsimdars]

"This is the beginning of the revolt against the establishment, not the end," political analyst says

Days ahead of Indiana's May 3 primary, a new poll shows Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton neck and neck while observers foresee the Vermont senator's impact being felt long after the nomination is secured.

According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, Clinton leads among likely Indiana primary goers 50 percent to Sanders' 46 percent. But that lead is within the poll's margin of error of 4.6 percentage points for Democrats.

The poll also shows Sanders with a greater edge over Clinton in a hypothetical general-election match-up against Donald Trump. The Republican front-runner has a seven-point lead over Clinton in such a square-off, but just a single point lead over Sanders

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"He is the candidate who is in the best position to bring a new generation of voters into the democratic process and restore the faith of working-class voters that we can have a government that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent," Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement.

Speaking to CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday morning, Sanders said his path to the nomination is "difficult but not impossible."


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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/01/call-revolution-still-reverberating-sanders-clinton-head-neck-and-neck-indiana

[FarPoint]

1. Sanders Revolution is just propaganda.

There is no Revolution... Just like Woodstock was to be the greatest turning point for the Hippies... Sanders Faux Revolution will be impotent. Why? Because there is no plan or infrastructure for a Revolution... Just dreams of one.

[MineralMan]

2. So, let's assume that Indiana is a tie. I have no idea what the

results will actually be, but we'll know on Wednesday morning at the latest. But let's look at what a tie there will mean. Hillary and Bernie will split the pledged delegates equally and she'll still have almost 300 more of those than Bernie. If that's what happens, Indiana doesn't matter in terms of the nomination.

If either candidate wins by 5 points, the delegates are still split and not much difference in the pledged delegate lead at all would occur. Results: Same as described above.

The only thing in Indiana that would actually help Bernie would be a very large percentage win. And even then, Indiana has only 83 pledged delegates to start with. Such a win is highly unlikely, though.

We'll learn the results on Tuesday night or Wednesday. But, they're not going to change things much at all.